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Acceptable Risks

A disaster beyond imagination... and they said it could never happen.

4.5/10(6)
1986
92 min
No Trailer
DramaTV Movie

Overview

The manager of a chemical plant and a city manager rise up against their respective bosses to keep a town safe in this ecologically conscientious made-for-TV disaster film. It all begins when the owners of Citichem order the plant manager to enact dangerous cost cuts that compromise the safety of the plant. He protests, but it is to no avail and a worker dies. At the same time, the city manager tries to warn the people that a deadly disaster is imminent, but he ends up gagged by the local politicians. Meanwhile, just when the community is at its most unprepared, a melt-down occurs and the town is drenched in deadly chemicals.

Production

ABC · ABC Circle Films

Cast & Characters

Brian Dennehy as Don Sheppard

Brian Dennehy

Don Sheppard

Kenneth McMillan as Wes Boggs

Kenneth McMillan

Wes Boggs

Christine Ebersole as Lee Snyder

Christine Ebersole

Lee Snyder

Beah Richards as Sally Framm

Beah Richards

Sally Framm

Richard Gilliland as David Kohler

Richard Gilliland

David Kohler

Vic Polizos as Lou Keller

Vic Polizos

Lou Keller

Peter Jurasik as Jack Morris

Peter Jurasik

Jack Morris

Cicely Tyson as Janet Framm

Cicely Tyson

Janet Framm

Patti Cohoon-Friedman

Ann Kohler

Steve Eastin as Jerry Haywood

Steve Eastin

Jerry Haywood

Richard McKenzie as Mayor Earl Ross

Richard McKenzie

Mayor Earl Ross

Tom Simcox as Joe Reed

Tom Simcox

Joe Reed

Directors & Crew

R

Rick Wallace

Director

N

Norman Strum

Writer

R

R. W. Goodwin

Producer

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